Kelleher, Orla (2023) Environmental constitutionalism: a transformative legal discourse. Irish Judicial Studies Journal, 7 (3). pp. 1-31. ISSN 2712-0317

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Abstract

Environmental constitutionalism – acknowledging that the environment and/or climate system are suitable subjects for recognition and protection within constitutional texts and for vindication by national courts – is increasingly seen as an idea ripe for development in Ireland. Momentum around environmental constitutionalism reached a peak in March 2023 when the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss recommended a referendum on inserting environmental and nature rights into Bunreacht na hÉireann. This article explores whether constitutionalising express environmental rights and/or duties could provide a transformative legal discourse for tackling the twin climate and biodiversity crises in Ireland.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Environmental; constitutionalism; transformative; legal discourse;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	18861
Depositing User:	Orla Kelleher
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2024 11:19
Journal or Publication Title:	Irish Judicial Studies Journal
Publisher:	Office of the Chief Justice of Ireland
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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